The Salga Saga C
hapter 19
Salga chuckled as he watched a perplexed Gotenks trying to figure out his next move. The conqueror had recently escaped from his odd, volleyball technique, and from the looks of it that was the last of his great moves. Salga's chuckle began to turn into a full-blown laugh as he began to move in towards Gotenks. This fight was over. From the look of uncertainty in the eyes of his young opponent, the faltering ki he was sensing, he could tell that this battle was indeed over. He had won. But Gotenks didn't see it that way. After taking four steps forward, the fused fighter rushed towards the older man, with a punch ready.
"This fight isn't over yet!" he exclaimed. Salga just closed his eyes and sighed.
"Stupid brat," he muttered. With more ease than before, he dodged the incoming punch. Gotenks pivoted on his right foot, and let out a fast back kick, but Salga blocked it with his is index finger, catching Gotenks completely off guard. Before he had a chance to react, Salga kicked him through the walls of the temple. Just as he burst out from the other side, Salga appeared in front of him, and slammed him through the floor. The young fused boy flipped to his feet, and tried to counter with a strong upwards knee strike, but Salga grabbed his knee.
"Let go you bastard!" Salga only let out an odd smirk.
"Very well." With that said, he threw the young fighter over the edge of the Lookout. Gotenks quickly flipped in order to regain his balance, and hurled ki blasts at the older man.
"You're going to have to do better than that!" he yelled. Salga teleported to the side avoiding the blasts, and fired his own, knocking Gotenks back a few feet. The fused boy fired another wild volley, only to have them all deflected by Salga's sword. Gotenks growled, and let out one large and powerful blast.
"Oh please," Salga muttered, and slapped it back at its sender. Gotenks blasted forward knocking his blast to the side as he went, and attacked the conqueror with a strong punch. Salga sidestepped the attack, and kneed the boy in his stomach, then slammed him into the ground. The conqueror looked and saw the fused boy was out cold. Salga dove towards him like a hawk, and had a dark smile on his face, but so did Gotenks.
"HA! Just kidding! Victory Cannon!" Salga stopped his dive, and blasted through the powerful ki with a simple blast, which caught Gotenks by surprise. The young warrior quickly put up his guard, but the blast succeed in knocking him into the ground and making a seven foot wide hole.
"Humph. Kids," he scoffed as he flew towards the Lookout.
"Hey!" a familiar voice shouted. "I'm not finished yet! And I have yet to show off one of my best moves!" Gotenks exclaimed as he floated back in the air. Salga let out an annoyed sigh.
"You're finished. Admit you defeat."
"Defeat? I don't know the meaning of that word! Now take this! Super Ghost Kamikaze attack!" Salga groaned as he looked at the five disgusting looking ghost doubles.
"Did you not learn from last time boy? You cannot defeat me with such a simple technique!" Gotenks just let out a cocky laugh.
"I have a feeling this time will be different! Go ghosts!" At the order the five ghosts rushed towards the annoyed fighter, who fired a blast at one, making it explode.
"One down," he stated in a bored tone. He turned and fired another blast, but this ghost dodged, and cupped his hands in a familiar position.
"Ka me ha me ha!" the ghost exclaimed quickly, and fired the blue wave. Salga dodged the wave, but was slightly surprised.
"So you equipped your ghosts with some of your techniques eh? Clever, but it's not nearly enough to defeat me." Gotenks didn't lose his smirk though.
"Watch your back," he warned simply. Salga raised an eyebrow, and turned around to see what he was talking about, only to see a ghost slam into his back from behind. The powerful explosion sent the conqueror flying towards another ghost who had its hands outstretched.
"Finish Buster!" Salga was sent flying towards another pair of ghosts who shot towards him, slammed themselves into him. Gotenks let out a cry of victory as he watched Salga be consumed by the explosion.
"HA! Take that you bastard! No way you could have dodged that one!" Gotenks waited for a few minutes for the smoke to clear, half expecting for Salga to come out without a scratch on him. But much to his delight once the smoke cleared, there was nothing, which meant he was vaporized. The fused warrior let out another victory cry as he flew back to the Lookout.
"What do you think happened?" Kiyone wondered as the onlookers examined the sudden explosion in the sky.
"Man, I just hope Gotenks wasn't on the receiving end of that explosion," Krillin said.
"Quit worrying, I'm sure the kid can handle it," Ryoko replied.
"Hey guys!" the young warrior shouted as he landed. "Guess who totally kicked ass!"
"Now are you sure you got him?" Tenchi asked him. Gotenks nodded.
"Oh yeah, no way he could have made it through that blast!"
"Are you absolutely sure?" Goku pressed. "We can't afford to make any blind assumptions." The confident fused fight let out an annoyed groaned.
"Yes damn it! I got him for sure this time! He was still trying to recover from my other blasts to dodge! There's no way he could have survived!"
"Really," a familiar cold voice said suddenly. "Because I was under the impression that I dodged that blast." Everyone turned their heads to see Salga sitting on top of the temple with his legs crossed, and hand on his chin. It was as if he had been there the entire time.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Gotenks bellowed.
"I was wondering when you would make it up here. I have been here for a full ten minutes now," Salga said as he pretended to look at a watch.
'This is just unbelievable!' Piccolo thought. 'He's just too fast! There's no way Gotenks can match him!'
"Oh what's the matter?" Salga laughed as he floated to the ground. "You all look like deer caught in headlights. But then again it is rather fitting, since this will be your last day on Earth."
"Hey! This fight isn't over yet you overconfident asshole!" Gotenks shouted as he blasted towards him. Salga just rolled his eyes.
'Here we go again.'
OOOOO
Gohan weakly flew out of the partially destroyed valley, and leaned against a tree when he landed. He hadn't been this tired since Cell, and this was just the second part of his training. The half Saiyan let out a sigh as he sat down and examined the fang he had gotten from the recently slain dragon. He truly didn't look like anything special to him. It was sharp, but not nearly sharp enough to attack with. And he didn't feel any ki radiating from it either. What was the point of this? His thoughts were interrupted by a sudden voice.
"Great job kid," Bardock said.
"Thanks grandpa, but what's the point of this fang?" Gohan wondered.
"You'll find out later, now follow me to your next task." The half Saiyan just sighed, whatever the reason he would find out eventually anyway. But as he flew, he couldn't help but think about Videl, Sasami, and the others back on Earth. How were they holding out with Salga on Earth? Did he find them? Were any of the others killed?
"Hey," Bardock called. "Stay focused."
"Huh?"
"Your concern is written all over your face. Whatever the hell is bothering you, forget about it. A warrior must burry any emotions and fears he has during battle, so that his opponent won't be able to use it against him."
"Yeah, but…"
"No buts. That is one of the basic principals of being a warrior. Didn't Kakarot teach you that?"
"Well, he said to use your emotions as a guide, or something like that." Bardock just scoffed.
"Life on Earth has made him soft. Emotions only get in the way of good judgment. They're nothing but a disadvantage." Gohan looked at his grandfather's eyes as he talked, and saw an expression of pain, and loneliness.
'Did something to him?' he wondered.
"What is it?" Bardock asked. Gohan quickly turned away.
"Oh it's nothing." The older Saiyan just let out a grunt as he flew faster. "Man, I wonder what this next task will be. Less dangerous I hope."
OOOOO
Salga dodged a punch from Gotenks, then a high roundhouse kick, and jab to his face. Gotenks let out a loud cry as he threw a strong punch towards the conqueror, but the second he blinked he was gone.
"Behind you," Salga said slyly, and kicked Gotenks into the temple. The fused boy flew out and fired rapid ki blasts, but Salga deflected them all away without even a second glance. The young man came in with a sudden right hook, only to have Salga dodge, and knee him in his stomach, making him double back. As he tried to catch his breath, the older man sent him into the air with a strong uppercut. As Gotenks struggled to regain his balance, Salga appeared above him, and slammed him back down to the Lookout out with a strong punch. The young boy bounced two feet in the air as he crash landed, making the conqueror laugh.
Gotenks fired another ki volley, but as they hit their target, Salga appeared behind him again with a small chuckle. The second he heard him, Gotenks spun into a high round kick. But he felt as though he hit ten feet of solid steel, when he looked up he saw that Salga blocked his kick with his four arm. Before he could blink, Gotenks was sliding across the floor.
"Goku, he can't go on anymore! Salga is just too powerful for him!" Piccolo whispered.
"Yes Kakarot, call him back. I'll take care of him!" Vegeta exclaimed.
"You couldn't even beat his henchmen," Goku informed the prince.
"And just what are you trying to say!" Vegeta hissed.
"What I'm trying to say is, we can't do anything right now. I truly believe Gotenks can beat him."
"How Goku? His fusion time is almost up! I'd say ten more minutes tops!" With this new information, Goku winced.
"Really? Damn, I didn't know he was cutting it so close!" he growled. "Gotenks you can't afford to play around now! Finish it!"
"Who's playing?" Gotenks muttered as he slid back from a sidekick. "I'm giving it everything I got now."
"And yet your still failing. How said," Salga mocked.
"Victory Cannon!" The conqueror leapt into the air, and Gotenks held up a finger. "Now! Galactic Doughnuts!" Salga just scoffed as the rings wrapped around him.
"Child's play." With hardly any effort, he burst through the rings, and blew Gotenks back with a slightly charged blast. "I am through playing around with you child. I have much better things to do with my time."
"Yeah well, so do I!" Gotenks let out a loud yell as his golden aura surrounded him, and he puffed up his cheeks. "Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack x10!" The aura died down as the ghosts popped out of Gotenks' mouth. Salga rolled his eyes as they formed a line.
"This is getting annoying."
"Well you're going to see just how annoying they can be! GO GHOSTS!" The ten ghosts flew in separate directions and started to flying around Salga like flies, each taunting him to attack them. When the man had enough he fired a blast at one, only to have it slap it away.
"Take this you jerk! Victory Cannon!" Salga was caught off guard by this and the attack blast right through his chest. The fighter gripped the gapping hole in his chest as the blood began to flow out. Salga flew out of the circle to quickly heal, but a ghost popped up in front of him, and fired another Victory Cannon. He quickly dodged, but four more ghosts came in from all sides each firing the Victory Cannon. Salga quickly flew upwards, but a ghost came down upon him, exploding right on contact, and three other ghosts fired Victory Cannon just as the smoke cleared. Weakened but not defeated Salga struggled to get out of the ghost's range, but they just kept coming like flies, and they attacked so suddenly he couldn't counter. By now Salga couldn't keep track of the ghosts. Gotenks kept on adding more and more. Some had an attack equip, others didn't, most came in fast and tried to explode on him, other just circled around. Salga barely had time to heal the constant wounds he was receiving. In five minutes there were at least 24 ghosts in the sky, and Salga covered in the blood of his wounds. His right arm was blown off; the hole in his chest still hadn't healed yet, his legs were gone, and his neck was snapped out of place. There was also countless damage to his internal organs as well.
"Keep at it Gotenks!" Bulma cheered. "You have him on the ropes!"
"With only five minutes left in his fusion," Piccolo muttered.
"All right ghosts finish him off!" Gotenks ordered. "Victory Cannon!" Salga just barely dodged the blast, only to be caught in the middle of a circle made up of 24 ghosts, 12 of which were using Victory Cannon. Needless to say, Salga could not keep up with them in this weakened state, and he was hit constantly. Then all 24 ghosts charged in and a grand explosion rocked the sky. The shockwave could be felt and heard even from the ground. The onlookers quickly shielded their eyes from the mass explosion. After four minutes everything seemed calm again, and when they opened their eyes, they saw Salga's sword fall from the sky, and impair itself into the floor, with Salga's blood around it.
Everyone was silent as they watched the stilled sword, waiting for it to suddenly spring to life, and Salga reappear, but it didn't. Which meant, he was really gone.
"He's…. He's gone…. he's really gone!" Krillin exclaimed first. "I can't sense his ki at all! He's finally gone! Gotenks did it!"
"Yeah! I can't sense his ki either! We won!" Yamcha yelled. While the others began rejoicing, Goku, Vegeta, Washu, and Piccolo remained stern.
"That was way too easy," Piccolo muttered.
"Yeah, I'm with you. There's no way he would let himself be killed that easily," Washu agreed.
"But the thing is, I can't sense his ki at all. So is he really dead?" Goku wondered as he looked around for the conqueror.
"Don't be foolish Kakarot! Such a warrior would never allow himself to be killed in such a simple, and disgraceful way," Vegeta barked.
"So where is he?" Piccolo wondered out loud. It was at that moment that the sword in the ground began to glow a dark red, Washu, and Vegeta quickly took note of this. The blood around the sword began to glow as well as it began to retract into the weapon like water being absorbed by a sponge. It was only a matter of time before the blood was completely absorbed by the sword, and the weapon began flashing odd colors. By now, it had the attention of Kiyone, and Tenchi, while the others were still celebrating amongst themselves. The hair on Goku and Vegeta's neck began to stand on end, this was not a good sign to the two Saiyans. This only meant something horrible was about to happen.
"Hey guys!" Washu called. "You might want to take a look at this." The second everyone turned around to see what Washu was talking about, the sword erupted from the ground, unleashing a horrible black aura that covered the entire Lookout.
"What the hell is this stuff!" Ryoko yelled. "Smoke!"
"It couldn't be!" Future Tei muttered.
"Whatever it is, it's filled with dark ki! I've never seen this much before!" Tien exclaimed. The black aura began to come together in the sky. When it finally faded away everyone froze at they saw. It was Salga with his arms folded, and a huge smirk on his face as if nothing had happened at all.
"Hi," he said simply with a dark chuckle.
"No way!" Gotenks whispered in a mixture of awe and fear. But he quickly composed himself. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU SURIVIVE! YOU SHOULD BE DEAD RIGHT NOW YOU GODDAMN BASTARD!" Salga just began to chuckle.
"Care to continue boy?" he asked. Gotenks smirked.
"Do you have to ask! This time I'm gonna kill you for sure!" With that Gotenks blasted towards the conqueror with his golden aura surrounding him. Salga just smiled an extremely dark, and twisted smile.
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5," he counted down quietly as he dodged the fused warrior's wild punches.
"Stay still so I can hit you!" Gotenks yelled as he threw another failed punch.
"4, 3, 2, 1…" The second he hit one, he slammed Gotenks into the ground with a powerful elbow strike. "Zero!"
"You're dead!" Trunks and Goten exclaimed at the same time. But when they realized they were separated, they instantly froze up, while Salga laughed like a madman.
"No! The fusion wore off! Damn it!" Goku cursed.
"FWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Salga cackled with hysterics. "DID YOU FOOLS TRULLY BELIVE THAT YOU COULD DEFEAT ME WITH SUCH AN ELEMENTRY TECHNIQUE! DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH! BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU ARE! FWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"That bastard!" Piccolo growled. "You mean he knew about fusion the entire time?"
"Of course I knew about fusion, you foolish namek! A galactic conqueror such as myself, have seen countless techniques! Fusion is only one of those futile techniques people use to try to stop me!" Salga laughed.
"So the entire time, he was just playing with Gotenks!" Kiyone growled.
"Damn him," Vegeta growled, his aura already rising. Salga continued to laugh as he began to gather ki in his right arm.
"And now that you've failed, you must pay the price for defying me. Death!" At those words he raised his fully ki charged hand, and pointed it straight at the Lookout.
"Hold on Salga!" Goku shouted. "I'll fight you!"
"YOU!" Salga laughed. "Don't make me laugh! I've already defeated you! There would be no fun it defeating the same person twice! No, you all must pay the price!"
"Damn bastard!" Vegeta yelled as he slammed his wrists together. "Final Flash!"
"Vegeta don't!" Piccolo shouted, but the blast was already shooting towards its target, who didn't show much concern at all.
"NOW SAY GOODBYE! FINAL DRAGON FLASH!" At that moment a powerful, and large red blast shot towards the Lookout, easily blowing through Vegeta's Final Flash, and looked as if it had no intention of stopping for anything. The blast was so powerful, Goku knew not even a fully powered Kame me ha wave could stop it, but he had to try. Without any effort he transformed into SSJ3 and blasted towards the blast with his hands already cupped together.
"KA ME HA ME HA!" Compared to Goku's other Kame ha me ha waves, this was quite large, larger than the Kame ha me ha wave Gohan used to kill Cell with, but size didn't matter at all. In exactly four seconds, Salga's blast blew through the blue wave, and engulfed Goku like he was nothing, despite his best efforts to stop it.
"GOKU!" The others yelled. Inside, the orange clad Saiyan was struggling not to get himself killed. Unlike other blasts, this one didn't kill him when he was engulfed in it. Rather it was as if he was in its stomach. Goku figured it wouldn't explode until it made contact with something. Which was why he was struggling to overpower it from the inside. But that was impossible. He tried everything, powering up more, using some of his own life energy, but this blast was far too powerful. He had no other choice. He had to go down with the blast. He was sure they would wish him back along with Gohan.
"EVERYONE! GET AS FAR AWAY FROM THIS THING AS YOU CAN!" he bellowed from the blast.
"He's still alive," Chi-Chi sighed with relief.
"Yeah, but if we don't get out of here soon we're going to end up in little evaporated pieces!" Tenchi exclaimed.
"How! We don't anytime to get away! That blast is going to hit in five seconds! And even flying away isn't going to help! This thing is going to destroy everything within a five mile radius!" Washu explained.
"WHAT!"
"We don't have anytime then!" Ryoko shouted, and grabbed Ryo-Oki. "Ryo-Oki do you're thing!" With those words the space pirate hurled the brown cabbit into the air, but just as the creature became the purple space-ship, that's when the blast hit, with an extremely loud,
BOOM!
Salga laughed as if it was the funniest thing in the universe as he watched the major mushroom cloud forming as a result of the explosion. The cloud rose up all the way into the Earth's atmosphere, and hole was so large, an entire major city could fit inside of it. There were hardly any remains of Kami tower left, just a few random blocks, and stones from the remains of Korin tower. Salga looked and saw what was left of Mr. Popo's prized flowers. The conqueror just chuckled, and destroyed the small amount that was left of the delicate flower. He sighed as he looked up. He hadn't had that much fun destroying something a while. The tower was a real eyesore anyway, it was going to go sooner or later when he took over this world. Speaking of that, he figured it was time he went on with it. The only reason he delayed it for so long was to have more fun with these fighters who wanted to protect their home at all costs. But in the end they were nothing but a major disappointment. Even the one who killed his brother was a disappointment. Now that they were gone, taking over this Earth would be so simple and quick, he was getting bored just thinking about it. He groaned, and decided to prolong his fun by heading over to an Indian village he had passed on his way here. By now the locals had filed out of their tepees to see what was going on. He smirked at their horrified faces when they saw their beloved tower destroyed. Killing all of them would probably be pretty fun, especially in their emotional state right now. Salga chuckled as he flew over to the village, he was going to enjoy this.
OOOOO
Krillin opened his eyes with a groan when he heard a light rumbling below him.
"Glad to see you're finally up," 18 stated.
"Is this hell?" he asked, this only earned him a smack from his wife.
"No you idiot. We're in Ryo-Oki apparently," she answered. Krillin looked around and saw everyone was assembled within Ryo-Oki even Goku, how they all managed to fit comfortably was beyond Krillin's understanding. That is until Washu explained that she had expanded Ryo-Oki's carrying capacity. Then she added it was nothing for a genius like her, which began her gloating, and this was when Krillin stopped listing.
"So what are we going to do now?" he asked.
"I don't know, that's what we've trying to figure out for the past four hours," Kiyone answered.
"Damn it!" Krillin growled as he punched the floor, which earned him a disapproving meow from Ryo-Oki. "He completely beat us! And destroyed the Lookout as if it was nothing! How can we stop this guy? He killed Gohan, beat Goku, and Gotenks, and now Earth is going to fall under his rule! What can we do you guys!"
"We train, and get stronger," Piccolo stated simply.
"But who knows how long that'll take! None of us are nowhere near his level!" Krillin exclaimed.
"That's enough Krillin," Goku hissed. "The important thing is to get somewhere safe, where we can lie low for a while. Get stronger, then return to Earth. I know we can beat this guy! We just need more time to train."
"But the question is where," Piccolo said. "I don't think namek would be a good idea. If Salga comes after us, then they would have no chance against him. They, and their entire planet would be wiped out again."
"So where do we go?" Yamcha wondered. After a few moments of silence, Ayeka spoke up.
"Jurai."
"Huh? Where?" the Z team asked in unison.
"Jurai, Sasami, and I home planet. It far from Earth, and I'm sure my father would be able to help us," she explained. "And it has the open areas available for your training."
"You sure you're father wouldn't be at least a little pissed when he sees his land covered in holes and craters?" Washu chuckled.
"I'm sure he wouldn't mind. It is for the greater good after all," Ayeka replied.
"You sure about that?" Washu muttered.
"How long will it take for us to reach Jurai?" Piccolo asked.
"Well with this speed, it might take us about…oh….a month or two," Washu answered.
"A whole month!" Goku exclaimed. "But Washu, Salga could take over the entire Earth four times with that amount of time."
"I know, but it's the only choice we have right now."
"Actually Goku, make that longer," Ryoko said. "Ryo-Oki can't keep this form for that long. So we might need to switch over to Yagami, Kiyone."
"With Yagami's speed it'll take us two months and a half," Washu stated. Goku groaned. It wasn't the best option they had, but it was the only one. And he was sure they could wish everyone Salga killed back to life. But he couldn't focus on that right now. He and the others had to get stronger, and stop Salga.
From this moment on, it was Jurai or Bust.
AN: And so begins the second part of this fic. It'll be packed with all kinds of action. From swordfights, to gunfights. Everyone will have their share of the spotlight, hopefully, and some character development from some of the characters I feel left out. I'm sorry I've been neglecting this fic. I'm trying, I really am, but I'm just not feeling as excited about it as I was when I was writing the Gallio Saga. The beginning started out good, but as it continued, I felt that I was just dragging on, and seriously not going anywhere. Which is why I took so long between updates. I will seriously try harder to update sooner. Oh and I really have no idea how long it took them reach Jurai, I just made that up to ensure a long journey, which will intern lead to more chapters. Hopefully anyway. Well with the second half underway, I will try my best to update sooner. No promises thought, since right now, I'm more involved with my Card Captor Sakura fanfic right now. But I will seriously try. All right. Se ya next chapter.